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Order of Operations Activities 18: Find the values of the following operations. Click the button below to try all our FREE online, PDF, printable Order of Operations worksheets.
Follow PEMDAS or BODMAS rules to do the following operations.
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Follow the order of operations;
PEMDAS or BODMAS
Step 1:
Parentheses or Brackets
Step 2:
Exponents or orders (such as powers, roots etc.)
Step 3:
Multiplication and Division (Do in order from left-to-right)
Step 4:
Addition and Subtraction (Do in order from left-to-right)
Example 1:
30 ÷ 5 x 3 + 2 – 1
= 6 x 3 + 2 – 1
= 18 + 2 – 1
= 20 – 1
= 19
Example 2:
18 – (2 × 32 – 3)
= 18 – (2 x 9 – 3)
= 18 – (18 – 3)
= 18 – 15
= 3
PEMDAS or BODMAS are acronyms used to remember the order of operations in maths. The letters in each acronym stand as follows;
PEMDAS
P – Parentheses
E – Exponents
M – Multiplication
D – Division
A – Addition
S – Subtraction
BODMAS
B – Brackets
O – Orders
D – Division
M – Multiplication
A – Addition
S – Subtraction
‘Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally’ is an easy sentence to remember the order of the letters in PEMDAS.
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